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At Kniticality, we want you to succeed and learn the skills to make anything you can imagine. Our founder, Amy Johnson, has taken her own experiences as a student to heart as a teacher of knitting and crochet. Whether you are brand-new to the craft or looking for a challenge, you'll find the resources you need right here at Kniticality.

Coming up: August Classes and Events

August is HOT, lace is COOL! August is lace month at Kniticality! In class, we're featuring wonderful laces at all experience levels just for you. Cornelia Mee's exquisite shawl and the Williwaw sweater/top are just two of them. This month's one-day workshops feature a Survey of European Lace as well as a collection of Lace votives to make for your home. The August Third-Thursday Potluck will be August 17th, so get out those fun recipes...July was a blast so don't miss August! Start at the beginning this month inNew to Lace Knitting, or attend our FREE Chart reading seminar. Finally, Kniticality is participating in a nationwide effort to reframe the discussion around the immigration issue! You can join us by making a Welcome Blanket in our weekly group meeting every Saturday morning at 10am. Check the August calendar for our weekly open stitch/sit-n-stitch groups, and to see the full lineup of classes, or you can click HERE. Let's do it together!

In store we have the amazing Trunk Show pieces from her book, Madder Anthology 2 by Carrie Bostic Hoge until August 20. New to us this month is a collection of local fabulosity, hand-dyed by Yarn Experiments. Located in Greenville, SC, Monica Stegall-Nunez of Yarn Experiments created the NC Tribes colorways just for Kniticality. "I based each colorway on the dress and paint of North Carolina's native peoples." We are over the moon about these bright, speckly colors and can't wait to share them with you. Welcome, Yarn Experiments!

This August, our theme is...Fun with Food! Time for those melon bowls made of melons and cakes shaped like goldfish...this month is about goofy fun. We'll be playing yarn shop bingo too, so, well, YAY! This month's Third-Thirsday Potluck is August 17, 2017.

Bring a dish, bring a friend, bring a project and spend an evening at our cozy shop. You'll meet folks you know and new friends who all share your passion for stitching. Spouses and partners are always welcome.

Monthly, every 3rd Thursday from 530-830P. (ish)This event is free but an RSVP is appreciated...just so we can make sure we have enough chairs.

Want to shop while you are here? No problem...we always appreciate your business.

Kniticality is proud to take part in the Welcome Blanket Project, a nationwide effort to make 3200 40 x 40 inch hand-knitted and crocheted throws. A welcome blanket is created in love to celebrate the arrival of a new person into the world. The blankets we make together will be displayed at the Smart Museum of Art in Chicago from July 18 through December 17. At the close of the show, the blankets will be distributed to refugees and other immigrants through intake centers and resettlement organizations. The project is an effort to reframe the discussion around the proposed border wall between the US and Mexico. The simple pattern and instruction for this project is provided free, and we’ve made a giant template to help you organize your squares any way you like. Supplies are available at Kniticality, and we’ve kept things affordable so everybody can participate. The group meets Saturdays beginning July 1, from 10am to 12pm at Kniticality, 55 Robin Lane, Saluda, NC 28773. www.kniticality.com RSVP to 828-749-3640 Learn more about the project at www.welcomeblanket.org or by contacting your neighbors at Kniticality. Absolute beginners are welcome,

Materials:

Size 11 needles straight or circular

Tapestry needle to sew up the squares (each square is 10 inces in diameter)

Pattern supplied

Approx 1200 yards yarn per blanket...we do appreciate it when you purchase your yarn here at Kniticality. We"ve special ordered an excellent quality affordable choice especially for this project

Take lace back to it's roots! We'll be working a hanky-sized square of your choice in Orenburg, Shetland, or Estonian lace. We'll only have time to work one square in class, but you'll get the patterns for all three. During our day together, we'll be learning about where these laces come from and what makes each form so special.

Note: These laces are traditionally worked on US size 1-2 needles using cobweb yarns. For learning purposes, we have scaled up.

Saturday Aug 19, 1030-4p, Lunch included. Please call me at 828.749.3640 if you have any dietary restrictions. Please arrive at 10 am to select your yarn. You are also welcome to come in on a day prior to class. Patterns included.

Work some interesting lace on a small scale...perfect for gifts or for decorating your special places! Make as many as you want in the workshop...there are several patterns to choose from. We're making votives for a half-pint sized mason jar, but I will teach you in class how to scale the votive cover to any size jar or bottle. Lunch and one half-pint jar are included.

This workshop is suitable for adventurous beginners and up, however you should have some knowledge using DPNs and know how to knit and purl.

Materials:

US size 2.5 DPN, 1 set

Fingering weight yarn (beginners should use a light, solid color) about 25g per votive

Notebook and pencil

Tapestry needles to weave ends

Clip-in or locking style stitch marker(s)

Designer Susann Hajjar suggests using an LED tea light in your votives to reduce the risk of fire...I agree!

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At Kniticality, you'll find a lovely yarn boutique, an education resource for all aspects of knitting and crochet, and a place to connect with other knitters and crocheters in the mountainous western NC area. Online visitors can view class schedules, register for classes and events, and get help with projects.